Rethinking European Identity in the Age of Immigration and Official Launch of MPI Europe

This panel discussion in Brussels, upon the official launch of Migration Policy Institute Europe, explores what is driving societal discontent in Europe, the role immigration plays in this, and why there is a growing perception that immigrant integration efforts are failing. The Migration Policy Institute has been active in the European immigration debate for nearly a decade. In recognition of MPI's ever closer engagement with immigration policymakers and stakeholders in Europe, MPI Europe has been established in Brussels as a nonprofit research institute dedicated to the promotion of a better understanding of migration in Europe. Moderating the discussion is Elizabeth Collett, Director, MPI Europe. Panelists are Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs; Charles Clarke, former UK Home Secretary and Member of MPI’s Transatlantic Council on Migration; Demetrios Papademetriou, President of MPI and MPI Europe; and Patrick Simon, Director of Research for Institut National d'Etudes Demographíques (INED). For more information and to sign up for updates, visit MPIEurope.org.
Watch the event here. Read MPI’s related reports: Multiculturalism: Success, Failure, and the Future By Will Kymlicka The Role of the State in Cultural Integration: Trends, Challenges, and Ways Ahead By Christian Joppke The Centrality of Employment in Immigrant Integration in Europe By Randall Hansen Rethinking National Identity in the Age of Migration By Demetrios G. Papademetriou